For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

I rather for love's sake entreat, being such as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ.

I entreat thee for my son, whom I have begotten during my bonds, Onesimus:

whom I wished to detain about myself, that in thy stead he might have waited upon me during my bonds for the gospel:

For to this end perhaps was he separated from thee for a season, that thou mightest receive him for ever;

But at the same time prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.